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Bear Creek is an approximately 1 mile long creek in Contra Costa County, California. [1] It is the largest tributary to San Pablo Creek . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its name comes from a 1,000 pound California grizzly bear killed on the stream by Ramon Briones in 1897.
Contra Costa County (/ ˌ k ɒ n t r ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / ⓘ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,165,927. [6] The county seat is Martinez.
Fairview Developmental Center, a California Department of Developmental Services campus, is situated in Mesa Verde adjacent to the Costa Mesa Golf Course. The 114-acre complex is owned by the State of California. [5] Mesa Verde has two fire stations. Royal Palm Fire Station, a recently built facility, services the northern half of Mesa Verde.
The western end of Briones Regional Park is adjacent to the Briones Reservoir, operated by EBMUD across Bear Creek Road. [ 1 ] Briones Peak is the highest point in the park with an elevation of 1483 ft (452 m), and offers panoramic views of Mount Diablo and the Diablo Valley to the east, the Sacramento River to the north, and the Berkeley Hills ...
Pacheco Creek is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km) [1] waterway in central Contra Costa County, California, United States. [2] It empties into Suisun Bay. It is formed by the intersection of Walnut Creek, Grayson Creek and Pine Creek. The creek has a run of chinook salmon and steelhead trout after periods of rain in the winter and fall. [3]
The Walnut Creek mainstem is a 12.3-mile-long (19.8-kilometer) [3] northward-flowing stream in northern California.The Walnut Creek watershed lies in central Contra Costa County, California and drains the west side of Mount Diablo and the east side of the East Bay Hills. [4]
South Coast Plaza is a regional shopping mall in Costa Mesa, California.The largest shopping center on the West Coast of the United States, its pre-COVID sales of over $1.5 billion annually were the highest in the United States. [1]
Clare Higgins as Ma Costa, matriarch of a Gyptian family that aids Lyra. Ben Walker as Roger Parslow, an orphaned kitchen boy at Jordan College, Oxford and Lyra’s best friend, who is kidnapped by the Gobblers and taken away north to Bolvangar. Charlie Rowe as Billy Costa, who is kidnapped by the Gobblers along with Roger and taken to Bolvangar.